A fast-moving wildfire in Los Angeles County has burned more than 2,600 acres as officials issued evacuation orders and smoke advisories for toxic air conditions. The Summit Fire continued to burn in the northern region of LA county near the San Bernardino County line in Antelope Valley on Saturday morning, officials said. The Summit Fire has … Read more
Utah restricted fireworks and declared a state of emergency Friday ahead of July Fourth celebrations as the United States’ largest wildfire expanded its reach across more tinder-dry forest as crews rush to fight new blazes in the arid state. The National Weather Service issued a rare “Particularly Dangerous Situation” warning as dry, windy conditions provided fuel for more fires … Read more
People in parts of Central California and western Nevada remain under a Dense Smoke Advisory as the lightning-caused Garnet Fire rages in the West despite around-the-clock efforts to suppress the flames. The Garnet Fire has spread across over 56,000 acres in California and is now 15% contained. Firefighters did note that they made significant progress Tuesday holding troublesome parts of the fire … Read more
Firefighters battling the Oregon Flat Fire, which has so far torched nearly 22,000 acres, could face setbacks if the latest weather conditions shift, officials cautioned Monday. The raging blaze, which is only 5% contained, has destroyed homes and buildings. Thousands of families have been forced to evacuate. “The winds here can shift at any moment and that … Read more
Air quality remains a concern from the Midwest to the Northeast and New England as wildfire smoke from Canada smothers the sky across the eastern half of the U.S. “We’ve seen days and days of hazy skies across Milwaukee, and that just happened to overlap for the first week of the state fair,” FOX Weather Meteorologist Craig Herrera said. “It’s a tradition for us to go every year on the … Read more
Canadian wildfires may be posing “serious health risks’’ to people in New York — prompting an air-quality alert for the state through Monday and a warning for some regions into Tuesday. The metro area’s current ailing air quality and hazy skies are hampering the five boroughs, Long Island, Hudson Valley, Adirondacks, eastern Lake Ontario and … Read more
A fast-moving wildfire exploded in size late Friday in Southern California, triggering evacuations across two counties and sending firefighters scrambling. The Gifford Fire started along Highway 166 west of Cayama on Friday afternoon and had already grown to over 30,500 acres by Saturday night, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire. The fire is just 5% … Read more
Two wildfires burning in the western United States — including one that has become a “megafire” on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon — are so hot that they are spurring the formation of “fire clouds” that can create their own erratic weather systems. In Arizona, the wind-whipped wildfire that destroyed the Grand Canyon Lodge is 9% contained … Read more
New Yorkers were hit with a second day of hazy weather and bad air on Sunday — and more is on the way for this coming week, forecasters warned. The culprit is Canadian wildfires — with more than 550 active blazes in the province of Manitoba alone, and 15 million acres have already been burned … Read more
New York was hit with an air quality alert Saturday as smoke from Canadian wildfires drifted across the state. The warning, issued by the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation and the Department of Health, covers the five boroughs, Long Island, the Lower and Upper Hudson Valley and the Adirondacks. Hazy skies blanketed New York on … Read more